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The music icon's ex-wife, Manuela Testolini, announced plans to change the lives of "impoverished children" in the African nation by giving them an education and opened her first school in June (16), and...

Purple Rain star Apollonia returned to Prince's Paisley Park compound in Minnesota for the first time in 30 years on Saturday night (28Jun14) to celebrate the anniversary of the film in which she played the...

Rising British singer Lianne La Havas is eyeing a duet with Prince after the Purple Rain icon phoned her and declared himself a fan of her music.The 22-year-old soul star was stunned after receiving a...

Prince believes in angels.The 'Purple Rain' singer has been a devout Jehovah's Witness - a form of Christianity whose followers believe the Bible is scientifically and historically accurate and the ultimate "source of truth" -...

Prince believes playing the electric guitar has stopped him from going bald.The 52-year-old pop legend - who can play 27 different instruments - is convinced the electricity that flows through a guitar when he strums...

ASHTON KUTCHER has taken aim at his pop idol PRINCE for replacing his hits with improvised jazz sessions at his concerts - because he just wants to hear the hitmaker perform PURPLE RAIN.The actor was...

MICHAEL JACKSON's longtime pop rivalry with PRINCE was partly to blame for the superstar's death - because he worked himself into the grave to make sure his comeback shows in London were better than anything...

Thousands of PRINCE fans proved their loyalty to the superstar at a Thursday night (06Aug09) gig - taking over a New York City park to mark the 25th anniversary of his iconic album PURPLE RAIN.Organisers...

PRINCE's reclusive one-time protege APOLLONIA has recorded a new version of her former boss' WHEN DOVES CRY for a PURPLE RAIN movie tribute album.Apollonia, real name Apollonia Kotero, was approached to revisit the film in...

PRINCE has banned a dentist who performs opera versions of modern songs from covering his hit Purple Rain.Sony BMG offered NHS employee Andrew Bain a record deal after he sent them operatic version of the...

Frank Sinatra's performance in From Here To Eternity has been voted the best ever acting performance by a musician.Ol' Blue Eyes was renowned for his voice but performances in On The Town, The Manchurian Candidate...

Pop star Prince has sparked an angry backlash by threatening to sue thousands of his fans for breach of copyright on a number of websites.A fans' group named Prince Fans United, representing Housequake.com, Princefans.com and...

Prince's Purple Rain has been named the greatest soundtrack of all time, seeing off competition from the Beatles and Bee Gees.The soundtrack headed a list of 50 in a one-off publication called Movies Rock, compiled...

PRINCE will play the Minneapolis, Minnesota venue he made famous in his film PURPLE RAIN for the first time in 20 years on Saturday (07Jul07).
Tickets for the last minute show at First Avenue, where...

FOO FIGHTERS star TAYLOR HAWKINS is still scratching his head after watching PRINCE cover the group's BEST OF ME during his Super Bowl halftime performance - he thought the pop superstar hated the rockers.
The...

The black bandanna PRINCE wore during his acclaimed Super Bowl halftime performance is up for grabs on auction website eBay just days after his 18-minute show wowed the world.
The PURPLE RAIN singer wore the...

The American National Football League (NFL) has rubbished reports singer PRINCE brought the Super Bowl halftime show into disrepute, after some critics likened his guitar to a phallic symbol.
The halftime performance at the American...

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE poked fun at PRINCE at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills last night (15JAN07) after the pint-sized pop superstar failed to show to collect his Best Song honour.
After an awkward wait,...

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE poked fun at PRINCE at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills last night (15JAN07) after the pint-sized pop superstar failed to show to collect his Best Song honour.
After an awkward wait,...

HAPPY FEET director GEORGE MILLER was a relieved man after hearing the song PRINCE composed for the animated film, because he was scared it wouldn't compare to his earlier work.
Miller originally wanted to...